As is known, a strong earthquake shook the southeastern part of Turkey and Syria at dawn on Monday, and a larger earthquake was also experienced around noon Hungarian time. Hungary offered its help and already yesterday the team of the rescue organization HUNOR left Budapest for Turkey to help the victims of the earthquake. The rescue unit has 55 members, in addition to firefighters, military doctors and emergency service staff also take part in the work. They also bring search dogs with them, reported hirado.hu.
In the afternoon, the members of the rescue organization HUNOR prepared the necessary equipment for the deployment in Turkey at the warehouse base of the disaster management on Ferihegyi út. The team consisting of professional firefighters, paramedics and military doctors, assisted by two search dogs, will spend ten days in the area.
The team members will work in two shifts, 24 hours a day. The special unit can perform its task in a self-sufficient manner, without locally purchased food, water, heating and energy.
“They also carry various special equipment. This means a total of nine tons of equipment, which we are transporting to Turkey by plane today. They also carry tools capable of moving or cutting through twenty-ton reinforced concrete elements, which shows that the Hungarian rescue unit is one of the most prepared rescue units in the world," said Parliamentary State Secretary Bence Rétvári.
Several NGOs offered help, including the Baptist Charity Service. The 16-member Huba Rescue will assist with the rescue with search dogs, medical personnel and a technical team.
"Practically, we will be able to split in three or four directions, since it is very important for the dogs to detect, they are the most precise instruments. Then come the sound detectors and the small cameras, because we know the narrow places where you can only get into with a camera, and we can map the potential position of the survivors," said László Pavelcze, director of emergency management of the Baptist Charity Service.
The Spider Rescue Group from Miskolc is also ready.
"At first, the search is the most important, so rescuing the survivors from the ruins and providing them with medical care. And, of course, the care of the injured, because the weather is actually very cold there, and these buildings could have been seriously damaged, and many people may still be under the ruins," said László Lehoczki, head of the Spider Rescue Group.
After earthquakes, there is usually a chance for rescue teams to find survivors under the rubble for five days. The sub-freezing temperature can help from a public health point of view, but people trapped in the debris can cool down faster.
Source: Hirado.hu
Photos: hirado.hu/Gyula Péter Horváth
